| Country or Region | World |
| Year | 1990 - 2014 |
| Producer(s) | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) |
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Feb 05, 2015
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Feb 16, 2015
UIS Catalogue of Innovation Surveys, World
| Cases | 108 |
| Variable(s) | 991 |
Variables
| Name | Label | Question | |
| DESCRDIN | Nature of R&D projects conducted in-house | Nature of R&D project(s) conducted in-house | |
| DESCRDEX | Nature of R&D project conducted outsourced to external parties | Nature of R&D project(s) conducted outsourced to external parties | |
| RDFLO | % of internal floor area devoted to the in-house R&D activities | Percentage of internal floor area devoted to the in-house R&D activities | |
| RPDTX | % of total expenditure for the in-house R&D activities on Experimental development, Product development | Percentage of total expenditure for the in-house R&D activities - Experimental development - Product development | |
| RPCSX | % of total expenditure for the in-house R&D activities on Experimental development, Process development | The percentage of total expenditure for the in-house R&D activities - Experimental development - Process development | |
| RDPROF | Time expected to start generating pre-tax profit after commencement of R&D activities | Years expected to start generating pre-tax profit after the commencement of R&D activities | |
| RDBUD | Budget for R&D activities for the following year | Budget for R&D activities for the following year | |
| TURNPDT | Contribution of technologically new or significantly improved products to total business receipts | Contribution of technologically new or significantly improved products to total business receipts | |
| SAVPCS | Cost saving as % of average cost after full implementation of technological process innovations | Cost saving as a percentage of average cost after full implementation of technological process innovations | |
| DESCABON | Description of ongoing or abandoned products or processes innovations | Description of products/processes innovations which were ongoing (or abandoned) and not yet completed (and the major reasons if abandoned) | |
| EMPINN | Total number of man-months deployed to technological innovation activities | Total number of man-months deployed to technological innovation activities | |
| EMPCOS | Staff cost to technological innovation activities | Staff cost to the technological innovation activities | |
| SNGO | (SINFO) Private non-profit research institutes | Degree of importance of Institutional sources - Private non-profit research institutes | |
| SSAF | (SINFO) Health and safety regulations and standards | Degree of importance of Other sources - Specialised sources - Health and safety regulations and standards | |
| SENV | (SINFO) Environmental regulations and standards | Degree of importance of Other sources - Specialised sources - Environmental regulations and standards | |
| HSUP | (HFAC) Lack of suppliers of raw materials, parts and components | Degree of importance of hampering factors - Market factors - Lack of suppliers of raw materials, parts and components | |
| HCUL | (HFAC) Weak innovation culture in the industry sector | Degree of importance of hampering factors - Market factors - Weak innovation culture in the industry sector | |
| INBUD | Budget for technological innovation activities for next year | Budget for technological innovation activities for the following year | |
| RDCP | Awareness of R&D Centre Programme and possible participation (RDCP) | Awareness of the R&D Centre Programme and possible participation | |
| RDCPPART | (RDCP) Centres | R&D Centre Programme and possible participation - centres to participate | |
| RDCPFORM | (RDCP) Forms | Participating in the R&D Centre Programme - forms of participation | |
| RDCPREA | (RDCP) reasons not to participate | Participating in the R&D Centre Programme - reasons not to participate | |
| EMPVAR | Current number of full-time employees compared to previous period | Current number of full-time employees compared to previous period | |
| TURNVAR | Current sales compared to previous sales | Current sales compared to previous sales | |
| EXPVAR | Current exports compared to previous exports | Current exports compared to previous exports | |
| SORG | (SINFO) Management related | Type of information obtained from information sources - Management related | |
| COAIMCOST | (COAIM) Sharing costs | Important reasons in determining the involvement in cooperative and collaborative arrangements - Sharing costs | |
| COAIMRISK | (COAIM) Spreading risks | Important reasons in determining the involvement in cooperative and collaborative arrangements - Spreading risks | |
| COAIMKNW | (COAIM) Accessing critical expertise | Important reasons in determining the involvement in cooperative and collaborative arrangements - Accessing critical expertise | |
| ECOM | (EFFE) Competitiveness of firm's performance | Degree of importance of Other effects - Competitiveness of firm's performance | |
| ECASH | (EFFE) Cash flow of firm's performance | Degree of importance of Other effects - Cash flow of firm's performance | |
| PROCONF | (IPR) Confidentiality agreements | Confidentiality agreements | |
| POLVENT | (POLIMP) Venture capital support | Importance of the following government policies for your innovation activities - Venture capital support | |
| NEWINF | Intention to engage in product or process innovation and informality of innovation | Intention to engage in product or process innovation and informality of innovation | |
| RACEOUTX | % of innovation expenditures spent on information or specialist services obtained from outside | Percentage of innovation expenditures spent on information or specialist services obtained from outside | |
| EXPUNG | Export sales distributed across products essentially unchanged | Previous export sales distributed across products essentially unchanged | |
| EXPINC | Export sales distributed across products subject to minor or incremental changes | Previous export sales distributed across products subject to minor or incremental changes | |
| EXPNEW | Export sales distributed across products significantly changed or newly introduced | Previous export sales distributed across products significantly changed or newly introduced | |
| BENPDT | Benefits from product innovation | Benefits from product innovation | |
| BENPCS | Benefits from process innovation | Benefits from process innovation | |
| BENVAL | Type of innovation that provided the greater benefit | Type of innovation that provided the greater benefit | |
| INBAL | Enterprise more or less innovative now than it was previously | Enterprise more or less innovative now than it was previously | |
| RDFOWS | Whether or not the enterprise do more development than research | Whether or not the enterprise do more development than research | |
| RDPDT | % of R&D related to product innovations | Percentage of R&D related to product innovations | |
| RDPCS | % of R&D related to process innovations | Percentage of R&D related to process innovations | |
| HHO | (HFAC) Opposition from head office | Degree of importance of hampering factors - Enterprise factors - Opposition from head office | |
| MAINPDT | Main product | Main product | |
| CAP | Current capital expenditure | Current capital expenditure | |
| CAPT2 | Previous capital expenditure | Previous capital expenditure | |
| RTRX | Training expenditure | Training expenditure | |
| RMARX | Market introduction of innovations expenditure | Market introduction of innovations expenditure | |
| PUBPGR | Assistance from or participation in public programmes | Assistance from or participation in public programmes | |
| SIGC | Main customers (SIGC) | Main customers | |
| SIGCBUS | (SIGC) Other business | Main customers - other business | |
| SIGCPUB | (SIGC) Public sector | Main customers - public sector | |
| SIGCCLI | (SIGC) consumers | Main customers - consumers | |
| OBUS | Degree of importance of objectives of business (OBUS) | Degree of importance of objectives of business | |
| OBUSPROF | (OBUS) Profit margin on sales | Degree of importance of objectives of business - Profit margin on sales | |
| OBUSTURN | (OBUS) Growth in sales/turnover | Degree of importance of objectives of business - Growth in sales/turnover | |
| OBUSEXP | (OBUS) Growth in exports | Degree of importance of objectives of business - Growth in exports | |
| OBUSSHARE | (OBUS) Market share | Degree of importance of objectives of business - Market share | |
| INORGLINK | Organisational innovations - integration or link of organisational innovations | Integration or link of organisational innovations | |
| OROEMP | (ORO) Improved employee satisfaction and/or lower employee | Importance of objectives for organisational innovations - Improved employee satisfaction and/or lower employee turnover | |
| GEOMAR | Most significant geographic market | Most significant geographic market | |
| OHFAC | Hampering factors for organisational innovation (OHFAC) | Hampering factors for organisational innovation | |
| OHINO | (OHFAC) Organisational innovations introduced before and no need for further change | Hampering factors for organisational innovation - Organisational innovations were introduced before and no need for further change | |
| OHFUN | (OHFAC) Lack of funds to implement an organisational innovation | Hampering factors for organisational innovation - Lack of funds to implement an organisational innovation | |
| OHPER | (OHFAC) Lack of knowledgeable or qualified staff to implement an organisational innovation | Hampering factors for organisational innovation - Lack of knowledgeable or qualified staff to implement an organisational innovation | |
| OHRES | (OHFAC) Resistance of staff or management to organisational change | Hampering factors for organisational innovation - Resistance of staff or management to organisational change | |
| OHDEM | (OHFAC) No need for organisational change at this time | Hampering factors for organisational innovation - No need for organisational change at this time | |
| LARMAR | Largest market in terms of turnover | Largest market in terms of turnover | |
| COX | Number of business or organisations the firm co-operated with to develop product or process innovations | Number of business or organisations the firm had co-operative or collaborative arrangements with to develop product or process innovations | |
| SHAREVAR | Changes to business - change in market share | Changes to business - change in market share | |
| PROFVAR | Changes to business - change in profitability | Changes to business - change in profitability | |
| DESCCOM | Description of overall competition | Description of overall competition | |
| EXPSALES | Amount of business's export sales as % of total sales | Amount of business's export sales as a percentage of total sales | |
| OPERX | Current operating expenditure for business | Current operating expenditure for business | |
| PCSREQPDT | Process innovation required due to product innovation | Process innovation required due to product innovation | |
| NACEINPDT | Industrial code of the closest industry to enterprise's most important product innovation | Industrial code of the closest industry to the enterprise's most important product innovation | |
| NACEINPCS | Industrial code of the closest industry to enterprise's most important process innovation | Industrial code of the closest industry to the enterprise's most important process innovation | |
| RPREX | Other preparations expenditure | Other preparations expenditure | |
| IPREFFE | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities (IPREFFE) | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities | |
| IPREFFEPA | (IPREFFE) Protection by patents | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities - Patents | |
| IPREFFEREG | (IPREFFE) Protection by design registration | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities - Design registration | |
| IPREFFETM | (IPREFFE) Protection by trademarks | Effect of the methods to ensure a profit from innovation activities in the enterprise - Trademarks | |
| IPREFFECP | (IPREFFE) Protection by copyrights | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities - Copyrights | |
| IPREFFESEC | (IPREFFE) Trade secrets | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities - Trade secrets | |
| IPREFFEDES | (IPREFFE) Complexity of design | Degree of effect of IP methods to ensure profit from innovation activities - Complexity of design | |
| IPREFFETIM | (IPREFFE) Advantage of lead time on competitors | Effect of the methods to ensure a profit from innovation activities in the enterprise - Advantage of lead time on competitors | |
| IPREFFEKW | (IPREFFE) Retention and management of production equipment and manufacturing know-how for products | Effect of the methods to ensure a profit from innovation activities in the enterprise - Retention and management of production equipment and manufacturing know-how for products | |
| IPREFFENET | (IPREFFE) Retention and management of delivery system and distribution network for products | Effect of the methods to ensure a profit from innovation activities in the enterprise - Retention and management of delivery system and distribution network for products | |
| IPROBJ | Motivation for patent application (IPROBJ) | Motivation for patent application | |
| IPROBJENG | (IPROBJ) To evaluate the achievements by researchers or engineers | Motivation for patent application - To evaluate the achievements by researchers or engineers | |
| IPROBJLIC | (IPROBJ) To earn revenue from licensing | Motivation for patent application - To earn revenue from licensing | |
| IPROBJADV | (IPROBJ) To gain advantage on enterprises by cross-licence contracts | Motivation for patent application - To gain advantage on the enterprises by cross-licence contracts | |
| IPROBJLAW | (IPROBJ) To prevent lawsuits over infringement of patents against your enterprise | Motivation for patent application - To prevent lawsuits over infringement of patents against your enterprise | |
| IPROBJIMI | (IPROBJ) To prevent imitation of innovations by other enterprises | Motivation for patent application - To prevent imitation of innovations by other enterprises | |
| IPROBJISS | (IPROBJ) To prevent issuance of patents for related technology developed by other enterprises | Motivation for patent application - To prevent issuance of patents for related technology developed by other enterprises | |
| IPROBJVAL | (IPROBJ) To enhance the valuation of the enterprise or of researchers or engineers of the enterprise | Motivation for patent application - To enhance the valuation of your enterprise or of researchers or engineers of your enterprise | |
| HFACPA | Non-application for patents on any invention (HFACPA) | Decision of not to apply for patents on any invention | |
Total variable(s):
991 |